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"(g) The expression 'foreign,' used in relation to meat, means
brought from a place situated elsewhere than in the United Kingdom,
the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man;
"(h) The expression ‘Official Certificate,' used in relation to foreign
meat or in relation to a box, case, receptacle, or package containing
foreign meat means a certificate, label, mark, stamp, or other voucher
which, by a notice published in the 'London Gazette' at any time during
the period of twelve months beginning on the First day of October,
One thousand nine hundred and eight, or which, by a notice published
in the 'London Gazette' after the expiration of that period, is declared to
be admissible in the manner, to the extent, and subject to the rules and
conditions prescribed in that notice, as evidence that the cattle or pig
from which the meat is derived has been certified by a competent
authority in the place of origin to be free from disease at the time of
slaughter, and that the meat had been certified by the like authority to
have been dressed or prepared, and packed with the needful observance
of all requirements for the prevention of danger arising to public health
from the meat as an article of food; and, for the purposes of this
definition and of any regulations under the Public Health (Regulations
as to Food) Act, 1907, every official certificate which, by a notice
published in the 'London Gazette' at any time during the period of
twelve months beginning on the First day of October, One thousand nine
hundred and eight, is declared to be admissible as aforesaid, shall,
notwithstanding anything prescribed in the notice, continue to be so
admissible until, by a further notice to be published in the London
Gazette, the said official certificate is declared to be no longer so
admissible;
"(i) The expression 'Foreign Meat of Class I.' means foreign meat
in the form
" (a) Of scrap meat, namely, meat which, whether it is fresh or
has before importation been subjected to a process of freezing or
other refrigeration, or to chemical or other treatment, with or
without the addition of any preservative or colouring substance—
"(i.) Consists of scraps, trimmings, or other pieces (whether
with or without bone in its natural state of attachment) of
such shape or in such condition as to afford insufficient means
of identification with definite parts of a carcass; and
"(ii.) Has not, before importation, been made ready for
human consumption in the form of a sausage or of another
prepared or manufactured article of food; or
"(b) Of tripe, namely any edible part of the stomach, of a
tongue or kidney, to which formalin or a solution or other preparation
of, or comprising formic aldehyde; or a compound containing